Caravan vs Sequence - What's the difference?
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A convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.
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(UK, Australia, NZ) A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
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To travel in a caravan (procession).
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(UK, Australia) To travel and/or live in a caravan (vehicle).
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A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony ).
A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
(mathematics) An ordered list of objects.
A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
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A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.
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(card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
to arrange in an order
to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid
to produce (music) with a sequencer
Caravan is a related term of sequence.
As verbs the difference between caravan and sequence
is that caravan is to travel in a caravan (procession) while sequence is .As a noun caravan
is a convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.As an adjective sequence is
sequenced.caravan
English
Noun
(en noun)- To the left the caravan animals, securely picketed, at regular distances of some fifteen yards apart, occupied an area of several acres.
- “Would they could have foretold that my caravan would have been cut up by the Shinwaris almost within shadow of the Pass!” grunted the Eusufzai agent of a Rajputana trading-house whose goods had been feloniously diverted into the hands of other robbers just across the Border, and whose misfortunes were the laughing-stock of the bazar. “Ohé, priest, whence come you and whither do you go?”
- Camel caravans , and courageous teamsters opened regular carrying businesses between Southern Cross and Coolgardie, while coaches began to run over the desert.
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- The caravans' were the demarcation between the non-radioactive areas and the radioactive areas. There were two main '''caravans''', one for people going into the forward area, and the other ' caravan was for people returning.
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- The best thing about caravans' is that they're always exactly the same, said Terence Butcher. You can tow your ' caravan to Brighton or Bournemouth or Bognor. Doesn?t make the blindest bit of difference. When you close the door behind you at the end of the day you?re home.
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- At the end of the car park were three caravans .
Derived terms
* caravan park, caravan site * caravaneerSynonyms
* (convoy or procession of travelers) camel train, convoy, wagon train * (furnished vehicle used as a dwelling) (US): camper, mobile home, motor home, recreational vehicle, trailer, travel trailerVerb
- The wedding party got in their cars and caravaned from the chapel to the reception hall.
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- The provisions of the Vehicle Code covering caravaning of vehicles have been clarified to expedite this type of operation and still result in the proper observance of the objectives of that law.
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- Observations of caravaning were made on the domesticated musk shrew (Suncus murinus ) with particular reference to its developmental aspects.
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- Brando, Dee, Omar, Jeanette, and Clymenthia caravanned up to the La Brea summit and down Overhill Drive, just past Slauson Avenue, to La Louisianne for drinks and a late-night snack.
- When my parents retired they really got back into caravanning .
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- It has to be remembered that, however enchanting the idea of caravanning may be, it is unlikely that it will consist entirely of watching sunsets and other people working — two of the most fascinating sights I know — but there are, regrettably enough, other and less romantic elements.
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- British interest in camping and caravaning has recently increased considerably — so much so that today, camp parks are available in all parts of the country.
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- Norm writes, ‘My wife and I did a lot of caravaning and it certainly didn?t pull the car out of shape, although lots of people thought it would!’
Derived terms
* caravannerExternal links
*"caravan"], entry in [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
sequence
English
(wikipedia sequence)Noun
(en noun)- he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.
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